THE 1 B 1 S. 



FIFTH SERIES. 



No. XIII. JANUARY 1886. 



I. — On two new Species of Birds from New Ireland. 

 By O. FiNscH, Ph.D., H.M.B.O.U. 



(Plate I.) 



1. DoNAcicoLA HUNSTEiNi, sp. nov. (Plate I.) 



Male. Black, quills lighter, more of a brownish black ; 

 vertex and nape ashy grey, the latter lighter; all these 

 greyish feathers with dark brown centres ; lores and cheeks 

 blackj with faint greyish apical edges, giving these parts a 

 somewhat mottled appearance ; upper tail-coverts dark chest- 

 nut, as are the external margins of the central tail-feathers ; 

 under wing-coverts pale rufous ; bill and feet black ; iris 

 dark. Total length 3*3 inches, wing 1*9, tail 1"0. 



Female like the male, but the upper tail-coverts brighter, 

 more of a cinnamon-brown. 



The young bird (Plate I. fig. 2) is dark brown, mixed with 

 black and pale fulvous on breast and vent ; on the nape are 

 a few grey-tipped feathers ; upper tail-coverts and tail 

 uniform brown. 



Fully adult specimens show very narrow greyish edgings 

 to the feathers of the throat, which sometimes form a kind 

 of interrupted semi-collar. 



Hab. I discovered this handsome species at the extreme 



SEK. V. VOL. IV. B 



